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When a health emergency arises, Sovah Health is ready to serve you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our Emergency Room is devoted to providing emergent care to our community and surrounding areas. It is our goal to provide amazing care when you or your family needs it most. Working closely with our local Police and Fire Departments, we are fully prepared and equipped to treat all types of patients 24/7.
Call 9-1-1 if you or a loved one is experiencing a medical emergency.
As a patient, you will be cared for by staff trained to respond to any type of medical emergency. Depending on the severity of your condition, our ER team will triage you to the next steps in your care. We understand this can be a very stressful time. Therefore, we want to make it as easy as possible to communicate and guide you through your situation. You should always ask questions if you do not understand.
The national recognition we've earned demonstrates our staff's commitment to providing the highest quality of care including American College of Cardiology Chest Pain Center Accreditation, Heart Failure Accreditation and Cardiac Cath Lab Accreditation with PCI.
We are dedicated to providing our patients with the best heart care treatment available. As an accredited facility, we use the newest methods and best practices in heart care to ensure that our patients receive:
Every second counts – especially when it comes to stroke care. Our emergency department has partnered with the Duke TeleStroke Network to provide fast access to Duke Medicine’s nationally recognized team of neurologists and stroke care specialists via real-time telemedicine based technology.
When a patient showing signs and symptoms of a stroke enters the emergency room, neurology specialists at Duke can communicate with Sovah Health's emergency room teams, examine the patient, review imaging reports, confirm a diagnosis and provided recommendations for treatment, just as if they were at the bedside. The technology uses a five-foot life sized robot, which assists in providing a thorough examination with the most immediate and best treatment plan for the patient.
In addition to being deemed a Chest Pain Center, Sovah Health-Danville and Sovah Health-Martinsville are Primary Stroke Centers. Certified primary stroke centers consistently set a higher standard of care for stroke patients. This means that our team has achieved a higher level of expertise to care for stroke patients. To our hospital team, it’s an important accomplishment. To stroke patients and their families, it’s assurance that the right care will be right here whenever they need it.
Two of the most common life-threatening emergencies are heart attacks and strokes. Timely treatment is crucial.